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Promoting the German language and culture in her school district and community continues to be a high priority in Kathy's daily life. Effective language teaching means producing students who are well-rounded individuals and whose cultural awareness exceeds the classroom experience. Her goal is to transmit her passion, enthusiasm and energy to her students, their parents, and her colleagues. Kathy's degrees are from Clarion State College and Kutztown University. Her career began teaching German language at Northwestern High School in York County, Schuylkill Haven High School, and Oley Valley High School. She has been employed by the Antietam School District since 1986, instructing students in grades 7 -12, Exploratory German through Advanced Placement German. She was a volunteer German instructor for the Reading Liederkranz adult language program.
 * 2012 PSMLA Educator of the Year (K-12): Kathy Fegely**

At Antietam High School, Kathy has sponsored the Modern Language Club since 1986 and has sponsored many activities and has been World Language department chairperson. In the community, she has been active supporting the Boy Scouts, the local historical society, the Oley Fair volunteers and her church, Including serving on the Saxony Synod Youth Exchange Program.

At Antietam School District and within Berks County, Kathy has mentored numerous German instructors and has been a cooperating teacher for Albright College and Kutztown University students. She is a volunteer instructor with the Multiplikatoren Netzwerk for Goethe lnstitute to bring professional development to instructors of German and has presented at local, regional and national conferences since 2000, focusing on the themes of integrating authentic materials into daily instruction, using films and children's/youth literature in instruction, and advocating for world languages.

Under her direction, Antietam has sponsored the German-American Partnership Program since 1987, escorting more than 200 students to a partner school in Munich and hosting more than 250 German students at her school. She has written several articles encouraging the integration of exchange students into the local home school instructional program.

Kathy was Vice President for the Central Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German from 2004-06, president for Central PA AATG 2006-08, and program co-chairperson for the national AATG meeting in 2006. As a member of the Deutsch an Schulen committee of the AATG, Kathy helped to produce several publications for use in middle school programs.

As the presiding President of the national AATG until December 2013, Kathy has been honored to represent the organization at national and international sessions such as the ACTFL­CEFR symposium in Provo, Utah and Graz, Austria.